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THE TKIBUNE.
F. M. & E. M. K1BIMEIX , Jub .
McCOOK , NEB
NEWS Off NEBRASKA.
THE RAILROAD SITUATION. Agent Nash
of the St. Paul and Milwaukee railway , al
ways full of sharp-eyed vigilance for its
Omaha interests , called on the Herald yes
terday to complain of it for calling on the
people to protect themselves against the
Chicago and Northwestern's pursuit of Ne
braska plunder , by patronizing the Bur
lington. Mr. Nash was somewhat warmly
received on the main question , as he al-
way.i is , personally , at these Nebraska and
Omaha headquarters. He claimed the
large identity of the Milwaukee road with
Omaha , and the same for the Eock Island ,
which is conceded. But his own argument
was turned against him , and , as wo think ,
effectively and unanswerably. The partial
identity of these roads with Omaha is a
physical necessity from their location , and
the fact is their salvation. This fact is also
a crowningreason why that identity should
be made complete. The Burlington comes
here with its principal passenger trains
from Chicago. It buys ground and builds
a new line of road to the southwest , in ad
dition to the one it has already. And
yet its interests , like those of the Chicago
& Northwestern are diverse from our own
in many ways. Why do not the Rock Is
land and St..Paul come in here and spend
their money where they get their business ?
Are they always going to be fed with a pew
ter spoon by the Union Pacific like so many
puling bubies ? Can
their managers not see
and seize their opportunity to share with
the Burlington the great ad vantage of being
in Omaha with their great trains and traf
fic , and with both the Burlington and
Northwestern , the kingdoms that lay open
before them to occupy and possess ? Are
our Chicago and Milwaukee servants en
tirely idiotic ?
"Let Omaha stand up and shake off these
Iowa barnacles upon the progress of her
trade and business. " There is a way to
wake them up" , as other monkeys are wak
ened up , by squeezing their tails. Talk is
cheap. The act is what is needed to bring
these Iowa railroads to their milk , and
also to their senses. Omaha Herald.
DEFENDANT BURR'S ANSWER. Lincoln
special : An officer of Kearney arrived in
the city this forenoon with a warrant is-
lued by a magistrate of that city for the
arrest of L. C. Burr. The charge is aiding
Bimmerman to escape , and the warrant
was issued at the instance of H. M. Sin
clair , the district attorney of that district.
Burr was taken out to Kearney on the
noon train. Saville , the commissioner who
released Simmerman , was arrested Satur
day and is now in jail at Kearney. The
defendant , Burr , has filed the following an-
wer to thepetitionof theattorney-general :
And now comes the respondent and sav
ing and reserving to himself All rights of ex
ceptions to the sufficiency to said relation
against said L. C. Burr , attorney at law
and respondent herein , and of the jurisdic
tion of this court over the matters and
things charged against this respondent ,
and unto so much and such parts thereof ,
as ho is advised it is necessary or material
for him , this respondent , to answer unto.
Respondent admits the first , second , third
and fourth paragraphs of said relation to
be true as the same is thereunto averred
and alleged.
Second And this respondent further an
swering said relation , denies each and every
allegation and averrment in the fifth , sixth ,
seventh and eighth paragraphs of said re
lation , as the same is therein averred , al
leged and set forth.
Third And the respondent says that he
did in good faith and without falsehood in
the discharge of his duty as attorney for
aid Matthias Simmerman , make out and
file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus
with J. M. Saville. a commissioner of the
district court of the United States in behalf
of said Matthias Simmerman , on the 25th
day of September , 1885 , for the purpose
and with the view of admitting said Sim-
merman to bail , and thereupon said Sim-
merman , as such United States commis-
Bioner , issued said writ of habeas corpus ,
directed to the sheriff of Buffalo county ,
commanding him to bring the body of said
Matthias Simmerman before said Saville ,
the United States commissioner aforesaid ,
which writ was duly served by A. C. Hast
ings , deputy United States marshal for the
district of Nebraska , and the said sheriff of
Buffalo county did obey the said writ and
produce the body of said Simmcrman be
fore said J. M. Saville , and then made re
turn of the cause of the caption and deten
tion of said Matthias Simmcrman to bail ;
that said proceedings for habeas corpus on
behalf of and in favor of said Simmerman ,
were had in an open and public manner
and in good faith without fraud or collu
sion , and without deceit , guilt , artifice ,
circumvention or collusion ; that if there
was error in the said proceedings it was
error of the head and not of theheart that
no disrespect of this court or'its judgment
or decrees was designed or intended ; that
the said respondent acted in all things in
good faith with pure and honest motives ,
and with no evil design , and without deceit
or collusion , and respondent prays to be
herein dismissed out of the court and he
will ever pray. L. C. Bmm.
2OISCELLANEOVS STATE MATTERS
CORTLAND is troubled with a gang ol rut-
fians whom the citizens of that place are
talking strongly of taking in hand.
Gov. DAWES has issued a proclamation
declaring the city of NebraskajCity a city
of the second-class.
THE Northwestern railroad has made a
proposition looking toward an extension
to Lincoln if $50,000 five per cent bonds
are voted. The company agrees to com
plete the line within one year. A proposi
tion will be submitted to the voters of that
city-
cityTHE
THE Albion News says it was reported
there the other day that a couple of citi
zens of Plum Creekhad a rough-and-tumble
knock-down and throw-out. One Hubbard
unmercifully beat , kicked and otherwise
disfigured his neighbor Packard for life.
The latter will lose an eye. The trouble
originated by the children of the two neigh
bors quarreling at their play , and taken
up by the parents with deleterious results.
T. J. ECKER , who has been running a
photograph tent at Kenesaw , was consid
erably surprised the other day by the ap
pearance of Sheriff C. H. Jordan and his
deputy , Geo. P. Lewis , of Albion , Boone
county , who wanted Mr. Ecker to answer
to the charge of burglarizing a saloon at
that place , and extricating therefrom cer
tain billard balls and other valuables. He
was taken to the scene of his alleged irregu
larities. )
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THE plans and specifications for the pro
posed water works at Ashland are looked
for any day , and when they arrive the ad
vertisement for bids and the sale of bonds
will appear.
JOHN D. ALLEH , an Omaha hack driver ,
blew out his brains with a pistol a few
nights ago , selecting a house ol 411 fame in
which to commit the rash act. No reason
for the deed is known , except it be that ono
of the girls of the "institution" with whom
he supposed himself "solid" transferred her
affections to another frequenter ol tha
house.
JAMES SPIKES , aged twelve , was acci
dentally shot by his brother , fourteen
years old , at Holmesvillo one day lasl
week. The boys were loading goods into a
wagon and the oldest one was putting in a
gun when it went off and shot the other in
the face , tearing away part of the front ol
his skull. The boy lived about two hours.
THE elevator now in course of construe
tion by the Wakefield milling company will
be a very creditable structure when com
pleted. It is forty feet long and thirty-four
wide , and will be considerably higher than
the mill.
SEWARD has a special election October
IGth to vote on the question of water
works , the estimated cost of which is $20-
000.
000.THE
THE settlers on the reservation in Wayne
county have formed a protective associa
tion and deal summarily with land jumpers.
THE water-works project of Blair is now
fairly under way and will be pushed vigor
ously forward.
THE Weeping Water Republican says an
era of prosperity and progression which it
is gratifying to note , seems to have dawned
upon the various churches in that city.
The Congregational and Baptise churches
have each purchased and put into position
large and expensive belis ; and now the
Methodist brethren come to the front with
an order for a furnace with which to heat
their house of worship.
CEDAR COUNTY has the best prospect for
corn this season she ever had.
THE proverbial quietude of Bcllevue was
disturbed the other day by a law suit. BPH
Bachelder caused the arrest of Professor
Grate , the LaPlatte school teacher , on
charge of assault. The case was ventilated
before Justice Martin and a jury. The jury
failed to agree , and the parties asked the
justice to decide the case. He did so , find
ing no proof of assault , and discharged the
versatile teacher. The fun of the day cost
Bachelder about $20.
THE Women's Christian Temperance
Union society of Nebraska numbers 100
local unions. The ladies who compose it
are greatly encouraged in their labors by
the rapid growth of the society during the
last year and the growing influence which
the local and state unions are exerting in
the direction of the object for which they
are working. The reports from different
parts of the state in all departments of the
work , and especially in that of the Young
Women's Christian Temperance Union , aro
extremely gratifying ,
SOME scoundrel in passing a carriage
manufactory in Omaha a few nights ago ,
slashed the tops and leather work of sev
eral buggies that had been left in front of
; he premises for repair.
AT the Gage county fair all departments
were well filled. Col. C. S. Chase , of Omaha ,
delivered an address.
ABOUT sixty speed horses were on the
jround at the Fairmont district fair.
MRS. POWELL , of Kearney , suicided one
night last week by taking laudanum. No
cause for the suicide is known.
THE Falls City Journal proposes that the
citizens of that place drop everything else
and concentrate their energies on theestab-
ishment of a canning factory there.
LINCOLN special : A decision was rendered
n the supreme court yesterday in the case
of the state ex rel. Hoff vs. McClelland. The
case was on application for a madamus to
compel J. W McClelland , county clerk of
Sance county , to include in the list of offi
cers in his call for the county election that
of register of deeds. The court refused to
grant the mandamus , thus deciding the law
void. The defect in the law was that as it
passed the two houses it provided for the
office of register of deeds in counties of over
15,000 inhabitants , but a mistake was
made in enrolling the bill by which a cipher
was omitted , making the bill read 1,500
nstead of 15,000 , and in this form it was
approved by the governor without discov
ery of the error , and was signed by the gov
ernor and the officers of the house and
senate.
WM.HARLOCK , of Hastings , has been hap
pily reminded of war times by the receipt
of $2,800 back pension.
THE line embraced in the recent lease of
the Central Branch of the Union Pacific to
the Missouri Pacific embraces 388 miles ,
and considered one of the most paying
branches of the road.
LINCOLN special : W. P. Critchfield , ares-
ident of Nance county , has filed mandamus
proceedings in the supreme court to com
pel the county commissioners of Nance
county to insert in the election notice a
call for an election of * register of deeds.
This is to test the constitutionality of the
laws passed at the last legislature creating
bhe office of register of deeds and in which
an error was made in enrolling which made
it read counties of over "fifteen hundred , "
instead of "fifteen thousand , " as originally
passed passed.
TAKING of testimony in the case of A. B.
Morse , a farmer of Gage county , charged
with wife poisoning , was begun in the dis
trict court at Beatrice on the 6th. His
wife died in June , andby examination it
was found she died of poison. Morse was
arrested , and at this term of court indicted.
Ele is 74. years old , while she was a com
paratively young woman.
TOMMY WALLS languishes in the Buffalo
county jail for theft of $128 , taken from >
the pants pockets of a man with whom he
slept.
JAMES MOORE , of Adams county , recently
met with a severe accident by falling or
eing thrown out of a wagon. He left 1B
Hastings towards evening and about 11
o'clock at night he was found lying insen
sible in the road about two miles from thai
place. When he came to he said he had
no recollection of what had occurred. His
team bad ran away but was caught by
Borne one. It is supposed he had an at
tack of heart disease , being afflicted with
it , and fell out of the wagon , inflicting
severe internal injuries.
THE M. E. conference returned Rev. J. W.
Barger lo Juniata for another year , where
at his old parishioners are greatly rejoiced.
THE arrangements of the conditions o !
the lease of the Central branch of the Union
Pacific covers certain questions of right o !
way , terminal facilities and other questions
over which issues have heretofore arisen.
A MEETING of Nebraska editors will take
place at Seward on the 22d.
Miss ALLAN , the city librarian of Omaha ,
gets a salary of $90 a month , and some
members of the council , believing this too
much , propose to reduce the amount.
D. P. SHEPHERD , of Dodge county , fell un
der his wagon while driving to Fremont.
One wheel struck him on the head and la
cerated his scalp terribly , cutting a gash
clear to the skull several inches long. His
left ear was torn loose and cheek-bone bad
ly scraped.
THE house , barn and granary of James
Foley , on the reservation between Blue
Springs and Liberty , were burned last week ,
involving a loss of $2,000. The buildings
and everything they contained were a total
loss.
FREMONT'S foundry is doing a large busi
ness of late.
SERGEANT BRAINAHD , of the Arctic expe
dition , who has been on a visit to relatives
in Dodge county , left for New York City a
few days ago , whither he went to be with
Brederbeck , one of his old companions in
the Arctic regions , who is sick and it is
thought will not live. The day before
starting Mrs. Pavy , of New Orleans , ar
rived for a brief visit with the sergeant.
She is the widow of the surgeon of the
Greely expedition and wished to converse
with one of the survivors in regard to her
late lamented husband.
JOHNSON county's fair was a success
throughout. The attendance was large
and the exhibit a surprise even to the old
est inhabitants.
A FIRE at Unadilla destroyed the hard
ware and stove store of B. F. & Walsh
Mohler. Believed to be incendiary.
DELINQUENT tax lists are coming to the
front in all directions. Prepare to settle
or see your property sold.
THE barn , house and other property of
William Price , of Dodge county , burned
last week. Everything in the dwelling was
destroyed and the family , before in reduced
circumstances , are now almost destitute.
THE Journal says that Ainsworth boasts
of a man who enjoys taking castor oil. He
says he likes it. The only regret is he can
not take it for his neighbors.
As AN evidence of what is thought of real
estate in the vicinity of Oakland , it may
be mentioned that James Askwig , of that
place , refused an offer of $60 per acre for
: iis farm of 300 acres. Nothing short of an
even $20,000 will capture the dirt.
HON. GEO. W. E. DORSET'S address deliv
ered Wednesday at the Burt county fair is
spoken of as an able effort. There were
present about two thousand persons who
listened with careful attention to his re
marks.
THERE are forty divorce cases booked for
the October term of court in Lancaster
county. The bulk of them were filed by the
gentler sex , and it is likely that most of
their liege lords are drunkards.
Miss MARY HARTWELL , a returne mis
sionary from Siam , is doing the state in the
way of a lecturing tour. tjn
A GOOD watermelon , when the steni has
not been severed from the melon , will keep
till Christmas ; but if you want it to last
longer than that a good coat of glue will do
$
the work.
REPORT SOMEWHAT SENSATIONAL.
The Same to Soon te Forthcoming from Com
missioner SparJcs.
Washington dispatch : Probably the most
sensational report which will be made by
any bureau officer will be that of Gen.
Sparks , commissioner of thelond office. Ha
s now busily engaged in preparing it. It
will make some startling recommendations w
as to the land-grant roads , and will advise
that suits be brought not only to recover
lands which it is alleged that nearly all the
roads have secured in excess of the amount
earned , but that criminal proceedings be
instituted against some prominent persons
in cases where proof of fraud is indisputa
ble. The policy of the government will be
to select some prominent men as examples
and to permit those who have merely been
hired to do their bidding to go free. Tho
recent conviction of an Englishman in Col
orado of fictitious land entries while the
cowboys who actually made the entries of
wjre not punished is an illustration of the
policy of the land office. It is said evidence
has been secured which tends to implicate la
some prominent men in Minnesota in irreg
ular transactions. If this evidence shall be
satisfactorily completed criminal suits un
doubtedly will be instituted. Commissioner
Sparks holds that all the land-grant roads
have made irregular locations , and run the
road in curved lines , often doubling up on 5
itself , in order to secure an excessive land
crant.
P1
labor Demonstration in Detroit.
A labor demonstration was made in Detroit
on the evening of the 6th , which was a great
uccess. There were about 2,000 men in line ,
composing five divisions , or twenty-five organ-
zations. and embracing all kinds of labor ,
"he demonstration was orderly throughout
Upwards of 103 transparencies were carried ,
among mottoes being the following : ' 'Con
tract labor must go'Eight h nrs only for a
day's work " "When
; capitalists conspire
poor men must combineThe ; employment
of child labor should be made a state prison
offense ; " "Equal pay to both sexes for equal
work ; " "Rent , Interest and profit are rob-
er ; " "Agitate , educate , organize ; " "The
ujvt lor the people , not another acre for rail-
oads ; " "Child labor la the product of our
boasted civilization ; " "Schools for children ,
work for men ; " "Employ the unemployed
and reduce the hours of labor1' Slmlhu ry
mottoes were printed in German and Polish.
OXNKRAL ajsira AND NOTES.
Hotter * of Interest Touched Upon 6y Pven
Jfetn Gothtrm.
Norrls fc Co. , one of the largest dry goods
dealers in New Laredo , Mexico , undertook to
transport a large quantity of dry goods to
New Laredo. They found the teamsters be
longing to the transportation train securelj
bound to trees , thirty miles north of New
Laredo , while the most valuable portion ol
their'goods had been carried away by robbers.
The Sherman House , Fargo , Dakota , hai
been burned. Loss , $30,000 ; Insurance , $ ! } ,
000.
000.Prairie
Prairie fires in McPhcrson county , Dakota ,
In the past few days have swept everything
over one hundred square miles. Hundred ;
of families are destitute. The loss is estima
ted at $250,000. The fire Is now said to be
under control.
A long-standing feud between the Nance
and Critzen families , about six miles from
Fredcrickstown , Mo. , culminated by B. C.
Nance , a young member of that family , as
saulting Lev ! Critzen , also a young man , wit )
a knife , stabbing him In a dozen places and
killing him. Nance fled , and has not beet
captured.
At Ft Wayne , Ind , , a few nights ago sev
eral sheds and stables at the fair grounds
were fired by tramps aiid consumed. After
the flames were extinguished a burned body
was found , supposed to be one of the tramps
who was too drunk to escape and was roasted
alive.
Mrs. Bulla , who Is undergoing the remarka
ble fast at Syracuse , N. Y. , completed her
56th day on the 5tb. That morning she swal
lowed half a teaspoonful of liquor. Prayers
were said over the woman. The remarkable
feature of the case Is that Mrs. Bulla has
gained S3veral Inches In length since her fast
began. She is growing weaker and recog
nizes no one but her daughter.
A few days ago Miss Emma Faulkner , of
State Bridge , N. Y. , took a large lamp , and
removing the burner , poured Its contents
about her head and shoulders. She then set
fire to herself and ran shrieking around the
house. Mr. Lawrence , a neighbor , saw her
and ran to her assistance. After considera-
ble difficulty the fire was subdued , but not
until nearly all her clothing had been burned
from her body. She died next day. She had
attempted suicide" before.
The marine hospital bureau has received
information ' that four seamen on the steamer
Cral hall , which arrived at Boston , Sept. 29 ,
fiom Colon , have symptoms of yellow fever ,
and have been removed to Gallup's Island
hospital. The captain of the steamer died of
yellow fever while on the voyage.
Several cases of small-pox have developed
at Fall River , Mass. , traceable directly to
Canada.
Merrick Richardson , hardware dealer at 75
and 77 Lake St. , Chicago , has assigned to
John A. Roach. The liabilities are given at
S55.0CO. Assets , § 75,000.
An Iron Mountain special says : One Gould
alias F. H. Bassett is wanted by the Italian
miners at Vulcan , Mich. He was the mine
time keeper and a private banker , and sold
exchange and passage tickets. He left for
Chicago three weeks ago , ostensibly for med
ical treatment The depositors now learn
that he has skipped and the bank bursted.
The liabilities are 57,003 and the assets an
old leather pocket-book and $10. He left a
w If e and two children.
Brigadier General Crook under date of Oc
tober 2 telegraphs to the war department as
follows : "The Apache Indians have been
for two days crossing the San Simeon valley
Into Steino Park range , as was evidently their
Intention. Yesterday morning they were
'orced out of these mountains by the scouts
and troops and driven into Sulphur Springs
valley and their trail was lost after dark. j
They have stolen sufficient stock to mount
; hemselves well , and I am informed this af-
ternoon that they went into the Dragoons
this morning. They probably killed two men
in the Chiricuhuas , and this in spite of every
effort made to warn all the citizens. Two
companies of the Tenth cavalry , and Captain
Wood's troop of the Fourth cavalry are on the
trail. Everything that is possible for troops
to do is-beiug done to destroy the hostiles. "
The postoflice department is informed that
[ nspector Bassatt of New York , has arrested ,
near Greeley , Colorado , Thos. S. Tiffin , the
absconding postmaster of Bennington , Ver-
nont. More than two years ago F. N.Bassatt
was appointed postoflice inspector. His first
case called him to Benninirton , Vt , where it
was alleged the postmaster was short in
lis accounts. An examination developed the
'act that Tiffin owed the government upward
$500. He asked the inspector's permission to
go to the bank and draw the amount found
to be due. The request was granted. The
defaulting postmaster immediately boarded a
train , and a few weeks ago it was learned he
was located on a farm in Colorado , engaged
in sheep-raising. It was there he was ar
rested. Bassatt will bring his prisoner back
to Vermont , where he will be tried. f
Wm. McCluskey , a prominent II , uor dealer
at Urbana , Ohio , went home Jand found his
wife and child Insensible from morphine taken A
with suicidal Intent After taking poison the
woman arranged herself and baby , ( which took
the premium at the last county fair for beau
ty ) , and laid the child down on her arm with
her husband's photograph and a prayer book
and a letter by her side. The physicians
worked all night with the two. The child
died , and the mother Is dying. No cause can
be assigned for the strange and cruel deed.
The merchant tailors of PIttsburg have re-
golved to publish the names of all persons
who refuse to pav their tailor bills on the
programmes of the various theatres and places
amusement
John Duran , a jeweler at Aurora , HI. , sui gc
cided with strychnine. He had been detected inl
false manipulation of the books. l
Albert Cook , who murdered his wife and or
mother-in-law near Geneva , HI , Is still at tl
large. Over one hundred men are In his purp
suit , and If captured he will hardly escape c
lynching. Both of his victims were buried at u
Burlington. Public Indignation against him
s
runs high , and If he Is caught he will In all
probability die at the hands of the mob.
CHRONICLES BY CABLE. d
Vltcellancotts Matters of Interest Pertaining si
to Foreign CovntrU * , IEC
The nationalists' convention met at Wick- C (
low , Ireland , Oct 5th with a full attendance.
Parnell delivered the opening address. He N
urged that all differences should be buried , 'si
cautioned his hearers against allowing their- lii
fcelings to get the better of them , and that liiC.
wisdom should be exercised in making nom C.a
Inatlons. He advocated self sacrifice rather a
"
than to jeopardize the success of the party.
He uttered" stirring eulogy on the Irish peo , in
pie and testified to the high class of work the tt
ttP
Irishmen had been capable of , but which ttn
could not compare with the work they wer- n
capable of unless the tyrannical laws they
were now governed by were abrogatpd
and Irishmen were unfettered from the slave P <
that now holds them down. * to
The London Standard's Berlin correspond- Pi
I' I ent ' telegraphs that the powers have all
agreed to advise the porte to consent to the
union of Eastern Roumclia with Bulgaria
under the suzerainty of the sultan.
Count Van Munster , German ambassador ,
In an Interview with Lord Salisbury , Impart-
* d Prince Bismarck's views on the Roumeliau
question. Six thousand Russians have en
tered Bulgaria. This number represents the
ggregate number of Isolated volunteers that
kave arrived so far in a private capacity , sitch
s commercial travelers , clergymen , etc.
Koumella is pushing forward rapidly the work
> n the frontier defenses.
The czar received a Bulgarian deputation
at his royal country palace of Murienlyst at
Elsiuorc. The mission of the deputation was
to secure the czar's recognition of the union
of Bulgaria and Roumclia. Members of the
deputation refused to state whether their ob
ject had been fully accomplished. They ,
however , expressed themselves very well sat
isfied with the result of their interview with
the czar.
The dispute between Germany and Spain
In regard to the Caroline islands has at last
been amicably settled. Germany acknowledg
es the right of Spain to occupy the Island of
Yap. Spain grants Germany free navigation
and commerce and also the privilege of main
taining stations on the islands of the Caroline
group.
A dispatch received from Belgrade states
that the Bulgarians have seized and occupied
Bourgas , the principal seaport town of east
ern Ronmelia , situated on the Black Sea , and
have planted torpedoes in the harbor.
The police of Warsaw city have unearthed
a plot to assassinate the czar. The plotters
number forty In all , and among them are
leveral professors of colleges here , and oth-
era In high standing. The discovery has
caused a profound sensation throughout the
city.
city.Salisbury
Salisbury spoke at the national conservative
conference at Newport He thanked the con-
servative union for exposing the true nature
of , the gaudy promises of the seductive pro- j
gramme of the liberals. The premier urged
his j hearers to continue the efforts in behalf
of conservatism which he said was growing
and had a glorious future. He denied that'c
the Berlin treaty upset the rolicy the govI
eminent had decided upon with regard to the
Turkish empire.
Dublin dispatch : The fund for the relief
of James Stephens , ex-head center of the
Fenian brotherhood , has reached only six {
hundred pounds. The promoters of the fund
are much disappointed. Outrages by moonJ J
lighters throughout Ireland are reported of ,
nightly occurrence and the "no rent" movei i
mentis growing to alarming proportions.
Farmers refusing to declare openly in favor
of the movement are visited by moonlighters
and forced to swear they won'tpay their rent
Several farmers were called on and put
through the swearing process.
One hundred and five new cases of cholera
and sixty deaths from the disease were re
ported Oct. Cth in Palermo , Italy.
King Milan in a speech delivered In the
skuptschina declared that he would fight un
less Scrvla's demands for an extension of her
boundaries over an area equal to that ac
quired by Bulgaria in its union with Eastern
Roumelia were granted.
THE BEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
t
VlscfUnneoua Matters of Interest at the JHs
tional Capital.
REPORTS are received through official
channels of the apparent utter failure ol '
the recent Mormon mission sent to India.Cl
Minister Lowell , by direction of Secretury °
Frelinghuysen , officially called the atten-
tion of the British authorities to the sub
ject < and requested that appropriate in >
structions be issued to the proper author
ities with a view to checking the shipment w
of Mormon recruits to the United States. '
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The Mormons made no recruits in Calcutta. b
In other parts of India they met with little lat
ladi
success , converting only two or three per di
sons , and the intervention of the govern didi
dihi
ment was unnecessary. hi
SENATORS BRECKENRIDOE AND JONES , ol 1
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Arkansas , called on the president to urga HI
him to incorporate in his annual message ui
to congress a recommendation for liberal w
appropriations to improve the navigation w
of the Mississippi river and tributaries.
They report that tho president showed n
marked interest in the subject and con-
Si
cidered the interview very satisfactory. tT
THE president has appointed G. H. Hoff It
man and George R , Snowden to be assist- '
ant appraisers of merchandise at PhiladelU
phia ; Benjamin Green , of New Orleans , to ;
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be surveyor-general of Montana ; John' ' 8
Cardwell , of Texas , to be agent and consulpc
general of the United States at Cairo ; Owen J >
McCarr , of Colorado , to be consul-general
in Equador. To be United States consuls : ec
Thomas R. Joinigan , of North Carolina , at
Montevidio ; M. A. Laycrook , of Indinna ,
at Algiers ; Lewis Gebarfc Read , of New
York , at Barbadoes ; Henry II. Merritt , of
Hlinois , at Aix la Chappelle ; Otto E.
Reimar , of Now York , at Santiago do Cuba ; ; is
G. H. Goodwin , of Massachusetts , at Annso
berg , kingdom of Saxony. j [ 1O
ACTING SECOND COMPTROLLER MCMAIION sic
has made a ruling that bounty can not bo
allowed in the case of any volunteer -
flier who enlisted after April 1,1865 , unless re
upon proof derived from the records that If
the notice of the telegram of the provost bit
general to all officers in command in the o
insurrectionary states , dated April 22 , jy
1865 ; , directing thatno bounties be allowed
; paid for any volunteers enlisted after ° r
that date , was actually not received at the wj
place ] of enlistment until after the time of no
enlistment. A large number of colored vol * coi
unteer ; troops enrolled in the southern ne-j
states about April 30,1865 , aro affected pa
by this decision. , all
A STATEMENT prepared at the treasury
Q
department shows that the amount of of
standard dollars put into circulation durhir
ing the month of September , in the regular le
f
course of business , was § 2,700,000. | se ,
THE board of management of the new be
"et
North , Central and South American expo-
o
sition at New Orleans have added to their an
list of special days an "American Silver HI !
Congress , ' , assigning it to December llth * he
and 12th , the two days following tho wo
"American Bankers' Congress. " This was pU
response to a request from the silver inhe
terest. Steps have been taken to secure a 81.c
grand display of products from the eilve he
regions of the United States. coi
The president made the following ap- * o
he
pointments : Chas. D.Jacobs , of Kentucky ,
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United Statesto _ the
United States of Columbia ; Chas. Foster ,
of Indiana , consul general of the United %
States at Calcutta ; D. J. Partell , of the Dis
trict of Columbia , consul of the United
States to Dusseldorf ; Wm. F. Henderson ,
of Arkansas , to bo associate justice of tho
supreme court of tho territory of New
Mexico ; Daniel W. Maratta , of Dakota , to
be marshal of the United States for tho ter
ritory of Dakota ; Thomas Smith , of Vir
ginia , to bo attorney of the United States
for the territory of New Mexico.
Tho postmasters at Ashby , Graniteville ;
and Shirley , small towns adjacent to'Bos
ton , Mass. , have been recommended for re
moval for mailing matter at thelr"offlces"
that siiould "have been mailed at Boston.
In the case of tho Shirley pontmnster , it is
alleged by the inspectors who investigated
the matter that the postmaster paid 30
per cent of the value of stamps to persons
who brought quantities of circulars to his
office for mailing. The postoffico depart
ment is determined to break up these irreg
ular practices and small postoffices near
large cities will receive close attention.
Se'cretarj'Lamarhas heard nothing from
Indian Inspector Thomas in relation to th
additional charges preferred against him ,
nor have any steps been taken to inform-
him of their nature. The whole matter
seems to bo regarded as of very little im
portance by the interior department offi
cials. They say that Assistant Secretary
Jenks is fully capable of disposing of tho
matter , and tho secretary will not there
fore give it a moment's attention until hi
return.
Ex-Representative Broadhead. of Mis
souri , who has been in Franco since las *
spring , looking into the records of tho
French claim , has submitted the result ol
his observations to the state department.
Ho visited about twenty points in France , ,
and received every assistance from th
French authorities. The information .
gathered is on cases where judgments ot
forfeiture ( were recorded , manifests of ves
sels seized and protests of their captains
and owners formulated.
The consul of the United States at Quay
mns , Mexico , informs the department o *
state that statements made in various
newspapers that there are a thousand
Chinamen in his district and that the saint
are being surreptitiously introduced into
the United States in contravention of tht
restriction act of congress are untrue , as
the total number of Chinamen in that con
sular district does not exceed 125 and
theso are nearly all employed in shoe and
tailoring factories and have no desire to
leave their present profitable positions.
No additions are being made to their num
ber , a
FALL OF A METEORIC STO.YB
What Caused theRecent Loiul Defoliations in-
Fennsylcan ia.
Pittsburg ( Pa. ) dispatch : The aerolite or
meteoric stone , which caused the loud de
tonation heard throughout thcgrcaterpart
of Washington and Allegheny comities on
Saturday , fell upon the farm of Mr. Buck-
land , in Jefferson township , Washington-
county , near the West Virginia line , instead
of in Cecil township , as reported. Ellia
Jones , a mail carrier , witnessed the fiery
ball in its flight through the heavens. He
e.'iid that he never beheld a more awful or
impressive scene. Ills horse suddenly stop
ped and he heard a noise as all the winds
were rushing onward with great violence.
Looking up he saw moving high above him
huge mass , which he described as resem
bling a great coal of fire as large as the-
largest barn he ever saw. There appeared
to be attachcti to it an immense flame of a
deep red color which tapered off into n
darker tail. Instantly the noise which-
had accompanied it ceased ; the fire-like-
appearance ] , the flame and the tail disap
peared ' , and in their stead the stone as
sumed a whitish hue , which it retained
until it passed out of sight. Jones' horse-
was so frightened that it took several
minutes of vigorous application of tho
whip before the animal could be persuaded
tc move.
When tho stone fell it broke into threa
pieces ' , but did not penetrate the ground to-
such a great depth as already stated , as
two-thirds of it remained above ground.
is grayish in color , with a succession of
red streaks , is irregular in form and at least
Rfty fest in diameter. Consternation seized
upon ] the people who beheld the meteor in
ite flight , and many of them are filled with
superstitious dread , believing that the
spirit which causes pestilence and famine
pervaded the fiery visitor. A great num
ber of people have gone to see the visitor.
Up to this time the relic hunters have
lone remarkably well in carrying away
souvenirs.
HAS FAITH IN THE PRESIDENT.
JVm Dorntan R. Eaton Has Confluence In
the Chief Executive's Jittlijinent.
In ] answer to the request of a reporterfor
opinion whether the president would
oon , reorganize the commission , and as to
ow he would reorganize it , ex-Commis-
ioner Eaton said :
"I will give you my own views frankly ,
rithout in the least speaking for the presi-
lent. My successor will , I presume , be
eady to enter upon his duty November 1st.
the president , in view of the unreasona-
jealousies which exist , shall deem itwiso
supersede one or both of the other com-
aissioners , I think he will do so deliberate-
> freely , and at tho proper time.
"He will not be coerced , either , as to time-
persons to be selected , by the imprudent
emands of noisy intermeddlers. Those
rho , clamor most about reorganization are
friends of reform and they have but to
ontinue their clamor to make their weak-
ess as manifest as their hostility. "
If he shall place two members of his own
arty upon the commission he will not
How laxity of administration or any
ivoritism on their part , to open the way
patronage and spoils , which are the aim
so many of the most anxious to help
im bring about speedy reorganization ,
would , I am sure , deprecate the making
a precedent for treating the office of civil
ervice commissioner as political , and to-
filled anew by every succeeding president ,
something must be conceded , perhaps ,
be exigency of a new experiment and to
unenlightened public opinion on the-
ubject. Knowing ( as the president does )
( work of the commission is both new
nd complicated and that it is not like ih&
rorks of other parts of the service ex-
lained in familiar regulations , I think that
fully appreciates that the new commis-
ioner will gain much bv serving for a timfr
rith one or more of those familiar with
work. No disguised enemy of reform
ould deal it a more disastrous blow than
bring about an immediate change of all
commissioners.
Hunger and conversation an t'io bet
lianw cane * . l .